If there is anybody to unite SLFP, that is Mahinda .
If there is anybody to unite SL, that is Mahinda
If there is anybody to protect SL, that is Mahinda.
If there is anybody to develop SL, that too is Mahinda.

None of these can even make a dent on election fortunes without a statement on abrogating the 13A. Please stop beating about the bush and help Mahinda make a clear and unambiguous statement to the effect of abrogating 13A. Until then nationalists will not risk their voting for Mahinda. This is the only way the Mahinda camp can make political headway. Mahinda must overcome undue fears that restraint him to win elections again.

The 13-A came to life during the JRJ govt. It came via India and Lanka made to accept it under DURESS. Duress is illegal in any court of law, anywhere in the world. That ought to be reason enough to REMOVE the 13-A. Now the Parliament has more powers with the 19-A. Parliament ought to do it. Parliament ought to demand the removal of the 13-A and do it with 3/2 majority. Waiting for a MR come back to removal the 13-A is the long route.

This is my quick view of the problem. Comments welcome.

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Apart from the 13-A, the Tamil language as a National/Official language is the other problem. Indian states are divided by language and it is likely that will happen in Lanka too. Lanka has laid a welcome mat for Tamil illegal migrants as the Tamil language is a National/Official language and with free education and free health care, are huge attractions, plus jobs in the tea estates and labor sectors looking for cheaper labor. So why complain when hoards of Tamil illegal migrants enter Lanka ??? These illegal migrants are fodder for the Separatist machine set up by the Tamil Diaspora tagged on to the political machinery of the west.

Lankan leaders of the past have unconsciously laid down the conditions for Separatism ! Stop it now. It is not too late.

Meantime, we ought to congratulate Tamil Nadu for transferring their Caste/poverty wars to infighting and unconscious Sri Lanka. There are some 15 MILLION Dalit Tamils in Tamil Nadu – but the war is in UNCONSCIOUS LANKA ! TN is now occupying second place for GDP in India.

Congratulations to Tamil Nadu for 100% success of transferring problems to Lanka and using Lanka as the battle field for Tamil folk !

Kumari, Mahinda is everything for Sri Lanka no one else. Although shameless people of this country did not appreciate this great man there are millions who love this man as a person and a politician. Thirty years of bloody war was stopped in four years after he became the President of Sri Lanka so what else we need as Sri Lankans. How many of you have lost your loved ones during those bloody years? Have you forgotten what Ranil/CBK the evil double did to our country during the war? Have you forgotten what JR & Premadasa did during the war? How much we suffered and how much we lost as a country during those bloody years. How our ungrateful citizens forgot so soon what Mahinda did to our country? I am still in shock and disbelief of his loss in the last election. People in all walks of life go in batches to see and greet him still because they knows in their hearts that this is the only man who can save our land of birth from evil forces around the world.

Tamils & Muslims should be kept in their places without allowing them to do as they pleased in my country where Sinhalese are the majority. Every leader must see to the majority demands and well being of the Sinhala people rather than going to please the minority more than the majority. We should have one law,one flag,one national anthem not several to please everyone inside and outside the country. We are a sovereign and a free nation for all races to live happily as Sri Lankans not differently or separately.

MR will not do anything with 13A. We were dreaming that he will come up with the idea.. but not yet. It looks like he does not want to hurt the sentiment of India and US by removing the 13A. He did the best at that time by getting rid of killer Velu against the will of US and still paying the price for that. Kerry and US wants a big piece of him for not releasing Killer Velu into their hands..

As most of us feel, only a man without anything to protect, who can make it his agenda can do it, and it will be Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara.

But it will be a gigantic task for him without a wider political infrastructure supporting him. He will get crushed by SLFP, JVP and UNP propaganda machines. How can we support him Patriots?? One thing is sure, he is not an opportunist like Champika.. that we can see from his behaviour and attitudes. Therefore he deserves support to project Mother Lanka.

I agree with Hiranthe. There is a Herculean task before Dr. Sarath Weerasekera. To get wider support from the patriotic forces of this country, he should team up with Gota and make a fresh start. Sarath and Gota would definitely be a very strong force against reactionary forces of Mother Lanka.

I don’t see Sarath or Gotabaya having an influential political career under current conditions. Frankly, even Mahinda for that matter unless he takes up the challenge of abrogating 13A. As near impossible as it sounds, he must realise that without such a rallying call, his political career is over.

Patriotism and national security have no traction in current political climate. People don’t see these as priorities unlike in 2004 when they felt the real danger of LTTE. In order to give those issues some traction and link it with corruption, wastage and supposed Indian and US conspiracy, they should take up the abrogation of 13A. It links all the evils popular among voters. It is a battle the UNP+SLFP cannot win and not even consider. It gives credibility to conspiracy allegations.

Another crucial meeting is planned between Mahinda and Sirisena for the 6th of May. It shows indecisiveness of both. If Mahinda gets nominations from the SLFP as he expects, that will leave Weerawansa, Gammanpila, Weerasekera and others who followed Mahinda in political wilderness.

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